Torque plates and gen good machine shop

Krooser said
... that's a Chevy thing because their blocks are about as strong as a beer can.

And he's a Chevy guy...

I used to rebuild a lot of 350's way back in the day. Never would I hone one of them without a torque plate and the mains torqued. They would move all over the place, and not by a small amount.